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Planet Progress - Healing Earth
Our natural tendency toward creating systems that produce more food, more efficiently has lead to the use of toxic chemical sprays and genetically modified organisms that leave harmful lasting effects.
Slow Food
Tierra Miguel's local news station explains slow food.
Chef Scotty's Paella Recipe
Chef Scotty makes paella using local, organic ingredients.
Fun on the Farm with Shoshana Raskas and Milijan Krecu
Fun at Tierra Miguel Farm with Shoshana Raskas and Milijan Krecu in preparation for the La Tomatina Festival 2009.
Commodity Challenge
The American food culture is one that has become inundated with commodity corn and soy derivatives in most processed foods. Watch Jonathan Reinbold attempt to abstain from consuming any such products for 72 hours.
Out & About...Tierra Miguel Farm and Foundation
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens' CEO Greg Koch and Executive Chef Jeff Massey take a closer look at Tierra Miguel Farm and Foundation in Pauma Valley. Organic farmer Mil, GK, and Chef discuss Tierra Miguel's process of farming.
Tierra Miguel's Self Magazine-Kashi Award: Women Doing Good
SELF Magazine June 2009: TMF was recognized as a Kashi Honoree, “Women Doing Good.”
San Diego Sustainable Food Examiner 7/20/2009: "Local Sustainability Savant Receives National Accolade from SELF Magazine"
NBC San Diego 7/39 6/19/2009: Beth Levendoski interview.
Fox 5 San Diego 6/4/2009: Beth Levendoski interview.
MSNBC Today Show 6/2/2009: Tierra Miguel honored on Today Show.
Other Press Articles
Casing the Joint - Weblog from the linkery 5/13/10: "Rite of Spring"
Del Mar Times 1/7/10: "Growing Green: Community-supported agriculture benefits growers, consumers"
Signon San Diego 12/29/09: "Going back to the land:
Somali Bantu refugees learn organic farming business"
San Diego County Farm Bureau News 12/09: "Tierra Miguel Farm teams up with International Rescue Committee to help Somali Bantu tribe members reconnect with their agricultural roots"
LA Mag 10/12/09: "From the Farm"
Seeking the Sacred Blog 8/4/09: "Growing Green: Community-supported agriculture benefits growers, consumers"
LivingInStyle Magazine Spring 2009: "Farm Fresh Food"
Valley Roadrunner 5/27/09: "Today show features Tierra Miguel award winner"
La Canada Valley Sun 3/19/09: "Around town: Martha Stewart to the rescue"
Chowhound.chow.com 2/25/09: "SWISSCHARRED - this is for you re: Tierra Miguel, LOVE and Organic Express Delivery services, a comparative meandering"
Greenrightnow.com 1/26/09: "Buy local, organic food — sign up with a farm and join a CSA"
Westways Magazine 11/2008: "The Two-Way Gift"
Edible San Diego Magazine Winter 2008: "From the Good Earth:
Tierra Miguel Farm - Grow Crops not Houses"
Westways Magazine 11/2008: "The Two-Way Gift"
Your Daily Thread 10/14/08: "Tierra Miguel Foundation CSA: Supporting a Farm Near You"
North County Times 10/6/08: "Apples are Julian's gold"
San Diego Beach & Bay Press 9/12/08: "San Diego’s organic farmers help feed Pacific Beach"
Hobson's Choice Blog 8/26/08: "Tierra Miguel CSA - Pledge Year Starts Next Week"
West LA Savvysource.com 7/21/08: "Even Better Than the Farmer's Market? - Tierra Miguel Foundation Farm"
San Diego Union-Tribune 6/4/08: "Growing pains: Organic farmers' harvest subscriptions face increased demand, consumer ambivalence"
La Canada Valley Sun 5/8/08: "Around town: The beets are coming"
La Canada Valley Sun 5/1/08: "Around Town: Now she needs recipes"
San Diego Union-Tribune 3/29/08: TM Letter to Editor: "A city reconnect to 'agri-CULTURE'"
Sea Rocket Bistro Blog 3/29/08: Tierra Miguel Farm
The Jewish Journal 1/03/08: "Community-supported agriculture grows on local Jews"
North County Times 8/21/07: "Pauma band buys 85-acre organic farm"
Press Release 8/18/07: Pauma Band of Mission Indians And The Tierra Miguel Foundation Partner To Save The Tierra Miguel Organic Farm
San Bernardino_Press_Enterprise 7/3/07: "Eating Better Than Organic"
Urban Land Institute News 6/12/07: "Urban Land Institute Announces Winners of Smart Growth Awards Program"
Time Magazine 3/2/07: "Eating Better Than Organic"
Los Angeles Times 2/1/07: "Proposed U.S. farm bill may benefit California"
North County Times 12/1/06: "Advocates want more out of farm bill"
North County Times 11/29/06: "Forum educates public on farm bill; Event set for Friday in San Diego"
North County Times 10/20/06: "Fox Outdoor leads charge in 'Farm to School' freshness"
California Farm Board Federation 10/11/06: "Farmers focus on steps to rebuild consumer trust"
SanLuisObispo.com 9/9/06: "An antidote to obesity?"
San Diego Union-Tribune 5/28/06: "Biodynamics gives nature a bigger role"
San Diego Union-Tribune 4/19/06: "Mulch market: Farmers urged to embrace waste"
North County Times 5/8/06: "Valley Center: Organic farm teaches healthy food habits"
San Diego Union-Tribune 3/7/06: "Richard Louv: Keeping farms in the hands of farmers"
ConsumerReports.org February 2006: "When buying organic pays (and doesn't)"
North County Times 11/19/05: "Pauma Valley students learn about healthy eating"
Columbia News Service 11/1/05: "Programs sprout on working farms to help kids fight obesity"
San Diego Union-Tribune 6/30/05: "Getting their greens: Program allows families to buy produce straight from local farms"
San Diego Union-Tribune 5/02/05: "Earthly worries arouse 60,000"
Fallbrook Land Conservancy News: FLC Partners with Tierra Miguel to Protect Pauma Valley Farm
National Farm to School Program Website: Los Angeles Unified School District Fresh from the Farm Project
San Diego Union-Tribune 11/3/04: "Growing Minds: School gardens can teach the basics and set up healthy eating patterns"
San Diego Union-Tribune 11/3/04: "Tierra Miguel gives kids a taste of farm life"
California Farmland Conservancy Program Newsletter Summer/Autumn 2004: "Tierra Miguel Foundation and Fallbrook Land Conservancy Protect Farmland in San Diego County"
San Diego Union-Tribune 8/13/04: "S.D. County losing farmland, state report says"
North County Times 7/24/04: "Urbanization continues to swallow local farmland, but agriculture still growing"
California Department of Conservation Press Release 7/8/04: San Diego County Loses Farmland
Press Release 6/30/04: San Diego Conservation Groups Launch Network, Hire Mike Kelly to Lead
San Diego Source 6/14/04: "Women's foundation awards grants"
Press Release 6/10/04: The San Diego Women’s Foundation Grants $220,000 To Six Local Nonprofit Environment Groups
Vision Magazine 3/4/04: "Planting for the Future: The Tierra Miguel Foundation"
County of San Diego MSCP Newsletter Winter 2004: "Tierra Miguel Foundation Awarded $1.9 Million"
San Diego Union-Tribune 1/23/04: "Educational farm seeks money to close escrow"
North County Times 1/2/04: "Foundation seeks community support to sustain farm"
Valley Roadrunner 10/1/03: "Tierra Miguel Foundation partners with state, feds, Fallbrook Conservancy to protect Pauma farmland"
San Diego Union Tribune 9/27/03: "Deal protects land from non-agricultural use"
North County Times 9/27/03: "Tierra Miguel farm to remain pesticide-free"
California Department of Conservation 9/26/03: "Tierra Miguel Foundation, Fallbrook Land Conservancy Protect Pauma Valley Farmland with State, Federal Help"
Press Release 9/26/03: U.S. Bank Announces Partnership with Tierra Miguel Foundation
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: "USDA Helps Protect 85 Acres of Southern California Farmland"
Press Release 9/20/03: Tierra Miguel Foundation awarded state and federal funding totaling $1.9 million
Organic Consumers Association 8/11/03: "Community Supported Agriculture Growing in California"
City of Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Newsletter March 2003: Tierra Miguel Farm Begins Delivery of Organic Produce to Supplement LAUSD Nutrition Education
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service News 3/10/03 USDA Helps Protect 85 Acres of Southern California Farmland
Whole Life Times November 2002: "Healthful Harvest Biodynamic Community Farming"
SpiritWorking.org November 2002: "Healthful Harvest Biodynamic Community Farming" (Reprinted from Malibu Whole Life Times)
North County Times 3/14/02: "Good Taste - Organic farm chooses your veggies for you"
Native Scholars.Org: "Health and Wellness Component"
Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network: "Farm-to-School Connection"
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